1836 - 1905
Máximo Gómez Dominican Military
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Details
| First Name |
Maximo
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| Last Name |
Gomez
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| Birthday |
18th November, 1836
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| Birthplace |
Bani, Dominican Republic
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| Died |
17th June, 1905
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| Place of Death |
Havana, Cuba
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| Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio
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| Nationality |
Dominican
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| Occupation |
Military
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Máximo Gómez y Báez (November 18, 1836 – June 17, 1905) was a Dominican Major General in Cuba's Ten Years' War (1868–1878) against Spain. He was also Cuba's military commander in that country's War of Independence (1895–1898). He was known for his controversial scorched-earth policy, which entailed dynamiting passenger trains and torching the Spanish loyalists' property and sugar plantations—including many owned by Americans. He greatly increased the efficacy of the attacks by torturing and killing not only Spanish soldiers, but also Spanish sympathizers. By the time the Spanish–American War broke out in April 1898, Gómez had the Spanish forces on the ropes. He refused to join forces with the Spanish in fighting off the United States, and he retired to a villa outside of Havana after the war's end.
